deceitful

«deceitful» in Mova's school dictionary: A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (deceitful, more deceitful, most deceitful)

meaning for a pupil

1) A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make them believe things that are not true. tree →

2) A deceitful action or word is meant to trick someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, deceitful characters (like the wolf in «Little Red Riding Hood») use lies to get what they want; the reader learns not to trust them. In lessons on honesty and online safety, deceitful messages and scams try to fool you. Phrases: «deceitful behaviour», «a deceitful smile».

examples

• The deceitful fox pretended to be the hen's friend. tree →
• It was deceitful to copy his homework and say it was yours. tree →
• The scam email was deceitful: it pretended to come from a bank. tree →
• She was hurt by her friend's deceitful words. tree →
• The villain hid his deceitful plan behind a smile. tree →
• Being deceitful can break people's trust. tree →
• The queen, who did not imagine that any person could be so deceitful, bade her stepmother welcome, and kept her beside her. tree →

note

Spelling: «ei» after c (deceit, deceive). Noun: deceit; verb: deceive. Opposite: honest, truthful.

In the corpora

• Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
• The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — who can know it?
• 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
• For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
• Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deceitful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.